Re: installing linux after freebsd (multi-boot)

अनुज wrote:
> I want to install rhel5 on same hard disk. Freebsd6.2
slice is on
> primary partition , second OS is Fedora 7, 3rd is rhel4
(want to fresh
> install rhel5 over rhel4) .
> I can see freebsd mentioned in my rhel partitioning
section, most
> likely linux does not have support for freebsd slice.
> Last time too I had do format my FreeBSD just for
RHEL4/Fedora, and I
> dont want to format FreeBSD just to install linux. Is
there some
> method to avoid formatting FreeBSD every time I fresh
install linux? I
> have two disks , second disk I use for saving data.
>
>
> Thanks and Regards
> Anuj Singh "anugunj".
>
>
>
> On Dec 30, 2007 10:19 PM, Christian Walther
<cptsalekgmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> Hi there,
>>
>>
>> On 30/12/2007, अनुज <anujheregmail.com> wrote:
>>     
>>> Hello ,
>>> I have freebsd6.2 installed with Fedora core 7
and rhe4.
>>> I am installing rhel5 , when linux installation
process starts I get an
>>> error of /dev/hdc1 busy , can not report to
kernel about partition
>>> layout. In the past I installed linux then
FreeBSD.
>>> Is there some method that rhel5 installation
can skip /dev/hdc1
>>> (freebsd slice) ? saving my freebsd
installation
>>>       
>> Do you want to install rhel5 on a different disk
than your FreeBSD
>> installation is located on? In this case I would
just remove the disk
>> (unplug the cable) during the installation.
>>
>> HTH
>> Christian
>>
>>     
>>
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hello,
           i have installed rhel5,Debian
Gnu/Linux,FreeBsd6.2, on the 
same hard disk. Try installing  rhel5 on the current rhel4
partition. i 
have done that and i never had to format FreeBSD  every time
i install 
Gnu/Linux.

jery                 
                                           
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